TheActiveTimes.com: Sweat-Busting Antiperspirants

10. Gillette Clear Gel

For our test, each antiperspirant was worn by our testers—including a bike commuter, a competitive dancer and three who describe themselves as “extremely sweaty”—for a 24-hour period. Points were awarded based on scent, sweat defense during and immediately after exercise and a cumulative evaluation of performance over the entire testing period, from first application to final whiff. Points: 77 This clear gel from Gillette goes on soaking wet, but our reviewer—already a gel user—noted that it dries quickly enough to avoid staining shirts. It kept him pretty dry throughout the test, performing particularly well after exercise. Still, he was a touch turned off by the initial soaking. $5 at pharmacies; gillette.com (Credit: Proctor and Gamble) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com

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For our test, each antiperspirant was worn by our testers—including a bike commuter, a competitive dancer and three who describe themselves as “extremely sweaty”—for a 24-hour period. Points were awarded based on scent, sweat defense during and immediately after exercise and a cumulative evaluation of performance over the entire testing period, from first application to final whiff. Points: 77 This clear gel from Gillette goes on soaking wet, but our reviewer—already a gel user—noted that it dries quickly enough to avoid staining shirts. It kept him pretty dry throughout the test, performing particularly well after exercise. Still, he was a touch turned off by the initial soaking. $5 at pharmacies; gillette.com (Credit: Proctor and Gamble) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com

Points: 77 This solid yielded one of the more interesting results in our test: It had a second wind. Just when our reviewer—a competitive dancer with particularly potent sweat—noticed her underarms getting damp a few hours into the test, they dried out. "I'm not quite sure how that worked," she said, "but I recommend holding off on reapplication and having faith that Ban will do its job." $3-4 at pharmacies; feelbanfresh.com (Credit: Ban) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com

Points: 78 This hypoallergenic solid from cosmetics maker Almay held up to our tester's long walkabouts across swampy Washington, DC, thanks to its clinical-strength 20% active ingredient. She was impressed, too, that it truly was fragrance-free. All in all, this is a great option for any woman with sensitive skin or nostrils. $4 at pharmacies; almay.com (Credit: Almay) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com

Points: 80 Secret earned a new customer with its 48-hour Outlast protection. Though our reviewer—a decades-long Dove wearer—found the "Simply Clean" scent to be overpowering, she was blown away by how dry it kept her. "After a long, very brisk walk in a shirt that usually gives me the sweats, this baby kept me desert-dry!" 24 hours after first application, her underarms were still dry and smelled like the deodorant. $3-4 at pharmacies; secret.com (Credit: Proctor and Gamble) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com

Points: 85 This clear gel gets rave consumer reviews for its performance. Our tester detected a slight chemical scent in the "Fresh" antiperspirant, but agreed that it deserved high marks for performance both during exercise and over the full 24-hour test period. "I would definitely use this again, simply because it worked so well." $3-4 at pharmacies; dryidea.com (Credit: Henkel of America) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com

Points: 85 This budget solid stick received the best score of any in our test, but was dragged down by middling online consumer reviews. Our reviewer gave it 29 out of 30 possible points for sweat-protection, and noted that the scent "can resemble an Abercrombie + Fitch store" (that could be a good or bad thing, depending on your perspective). "Keeps dry and smells good," he said before mentioning that he's continued using this Speed Stick since testing ended. $2-3 at pharmacies; colgate.com (Credit: Colgate) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com

Points: 86 Despite having the lowest amount of active ingredient—15.2% of aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrex GLY—this offering from Dove kept our reviewer happy and dry, even on long, hard bike rides. Maybe it's the new "silver technology," though the label lists silver chloride as an inactive ingredient. It's a bit of a head-scratcher, but we're going to trust our pits in this case. $4-5 at pharmacies; dovemencare.com (Credit: Unilever) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com

Points: 87 It may smell like it (bracingly strong) but this is definitely not your granddad's Brut. Our reviewer thought it performed admirably when freshly applied, generating only a little dampness on a very humid, post-rain bike ride into the office. Once it set in, though, it became scary effective. After a friendly bike race from Manhattan into Brooklyn, he found his armpits to be bone-dry, even as his head, chest and shoulders dripped sweat. He's still using this stuff. $3 at pharmacies; brutworld.com (Credit: Brut) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com

Points: 91 Both consumers and our reviewer have great things to say about Degree's Adrenaline Series, which includes Adventure, Ironman (tested), Everest, Extreme and Sport Defense flavors. It "performs well, goes on dry, has a decent scent and solid performance," according to our tester. "All in all, it kept a sweaty man dry during summer." And what more can you really ask for? $4-5 at pharmacies; degreedeodorant.com (Credit: Unilever) Click Here For The Full Story from TheActiveTimes.com